Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-20
THE HOUSTON REFRIGERATOR.
Views of Some of tho Fort Worth Cattle
men on This Important Subject.

Views OF some OF tho Fort WOrtn cattle
men on This Important Subject
The citizens of Houston ere making
lsud.ble and strenuous efforts to secure
the location OF refrigerator and psckery
in that city, and are Canvassing the state
for contributions from the cattlemen to
be paid for in stock. AS THE GAZETTE
is published il the cattle center and cir
culetes among csttlemen more generally
than any other paper in the state, the views
entertained by the leading Cattlemen Of
the city will be read with interest
by all. THE GAZETTE will publish,
from time to time, the expressions
cattle industry and submits the views of
three of our citizens this morning as an
initial step in this direction. The Ian
gusge of the gentlemen will reveal the
questions propounded and it is therefore
gentlemen think Of the proposed Houston
Middle and West Texas, is given here
with:
f. B. Harold: l would like 10 see
those gentlemen make a success OF their
enterprise, but l fear that they have made
pun SCICOGIOn DIS W d iNC2lIOus Up
posed Houston al through, because
thought it out of the way and unsuited
| for the business. | do not think anv con-
siderable stock will be taken by the cat
! tlemen CT North Texas. No matter how
ample the refrigerating facilities msy be
mechanically, there are objections, eli
matte, territorial and otherwise, which
would prevent it from being Of any direct
| haraHS IN no Of ~
We could not ship our cattle south in the
summer on account Of the presence Of
! Spanish fever in that locality; the "big
pasture" idea suggested by some is alto
getler impracticable. There is no way
Of feeding cattle down there in any num-
Der, and the proposed refrigera-
tor can accomplish but little
good outside of merely local
points. North Texas is the proper place
for refrigerators. We have the cattle,
the distributing facilities and the feed.
! Cattle can be shipped here from South
Texas without risk, but not from here to
| Houston. The cattlemen expect to
establish Tefrige1stors in North and South
! Texas. think prudence should dictate
e trial Of the works already in existence
in this city before the enormous expense
| VI COuSL OI1GI WOTkS WAS III
Cured. II the Houston works were
| built, and prove failure, suppositiOn
! by no means violent, the money expended
in their erection would be dead loss. We
J have in Fort Worth retrigerating works
unsurpassed by sny in the country. Until
it is demonstrated that they can be rem
dered serviCeable and made to pay, | see
no good reason for expanding more
money in similar enterprises.
w. j. Bosz: do not think Houston
at al suitable as location for the refrig-
orator. 1t is too far away from the beef
raising districts north and east of us. In
the farming districts large number of
| beef cattle are raised; not so in and
around Houston. They raise Yearlings
snd two year-olds but not beef cattle,
and my idea about refrigerator is that it
should be near the beet cattle regions.
| No, would not consider refrigerator at
| Houston market for beef cattle in North
and Middle Texas. l would prefer ship
| ping TO Kansas City.
S. B. Burnett: l don't care about say
ing anything in the papers on the subject.
l will have talk with the committee
when they come here. No; 1 wouldn't
consider refrigerating works at Houston as
capable OF affording market for North
snd West Texas cattle. | am not insen-
sible to the fact that refrigerator or
packery down there would benefit US
some indirectly. If the South Texas
cattle are killed and canned it will help
North Texas cowmen by removing South
Texas cattle from the market and making
greater demand for North Texas beef.
l would not ship any cattle to Houston.
North and West Texas can do better by
shipping to Kansas City. Will take
stock in the Houston enterprise? No; l
won't, but L can't tell you whether or
not, in my opinion, the proposed packery
will be success. When the committee
reaches here l will talk to them on the
subject